2011 Community Tennis Development Workshops
Become a part of developing communities through tennis.
The 2011 Community Tennis Development Workshop is now accepting educational session proposals online. All submissions are due Wednesday, September 22.
Go to www.usta.com/forms.
HEALTHIER YOU - FIT KIDS CHALLENGE
The 3rd Annual Healthier You-Fit Kids Challenge will begin September 13th-17th at Costco Wholesale (in MD) and September 18th at the 7th Annual Healthier You-Fit Kids Expo in downtown Silver Spring. For additional information, go to
www.fitsolution.org.
2010 ROUND 2 USTA RECREATIONAL TENNIS GRANT
Application Now Available at
www.usta.com/grants.
FYI: The USTA 2010 Recreational Tennis Grant Round 2 application is now available through the national office. USTA is accepting both Program/Project Support (Grant Award Range: $2,500 - $10,000) and Community Partnership Investment (Grant Award Range: $10,000 - $50,000) grant applications in this cycle.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?
USTA Community Tennis Associations (CTA), USTA National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Chapters and
Programs, Parks and Recreation Agencies, Schools (K-12)/School Districts, Military Base organizations, nonprofit community based organizations. USTA Recreational Tennis Grants require organizations to be classified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or use a fiscal agent.
HOW CAN THIS GRANT BE UTILIZED?
Funding priorities include:
1) Team based play tennis programs utilizing the QuickStart Tennis format for children ages 10 and under;
2) Organizations connecting school tennis opportunities (tennis in physical education classes, tennis on school grounds) to after-school and summer tennis programs;
3) Programming and infrastructure focused on increasing tennis participation in diverse populations.
Funding can be used for:
• Program/Administrative Staff
• Tennis Equipment
• Adaptive Tennis Programs
• Organization Development Training /Education
• Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
• Scholarships
• Insurance
• Technology
Please visit www.usta.com/grants for detailed eligibility requirements and to access the online application. The deadline is October 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm EDT. Please feel free to forward this information to potential applicants and dissuade them from waiting until the last minute to apply. Any questions should be directed to grants@usta.com
FSU GRADUATE PROGRAM
The FSU Graduate Program in Recreation & Parks Management is going online this fall...a few spaces are still remaining for our new fall cohort!!
FSU is getting ready to launch the first online program offered by the University this fall with a Masters of Recreation and Parks Management. The 30-credit program offers 2 online classes per semester and no classes in the summer so full-time professionals can work and complete the program requirements in 2 ½ years. The only face-to-face requirement is an onsite orientation at Frostburg's main campus from August 5-7, 2010 to meet the other students and participate in a number of trainings to fully prepare you for your educational journey. The cost of orientation is $250 and includes lodging, all meals and some fun surprises!
If you are interested and would like to receive an application packet, please send a request to Dr. Maureen Dougherty, RPM Program Coordinator at
Mdougherty@frostburg.edu and visit our website at
www.frostburg.edu/graduate for more details!
MENTORS AND MENTEES: SIGN UP ON NEW DATABASE
Attention Professional Mentors and Recreation students graduating after December 2010... Please go to
www.frostburg/edu to register today!!
We are hoping to launch a full-time, year-round mentor website by the fall. Ideally, we would like to have at least 150 mentors with diverse areas of interests and expertise! If fact, we would welcome professional in the travel/tourism field, adventure sports, and hospitality industry as well!
This website will ideally match students with potential mentors throughout the year so they may ask questions, get feedback, conduct an interview for a class, meet up at a professional meeting, and find out about possible internships. Likewise, we hope we can allow the registered professionals to post jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, workshops, etc. on the site. Our hope is to work out any glitches associated with the site and eventually take it to a national level. At present, we are unaware of any other state that provides this service and would like to put MRPA and Maryland on the map as leaders in student mentoring!!
EXCESS OR SURPLUS PARK AND RECREATION EQUIPMENT
At our most recent MRPA Board meeting, a new member benefit was approved. We are pleased to announce that we will be providing an opportunity for you to post at no charge, excess or surplus park and recreation equipment on the MRPA web site that could be used by other park and recreation agencies in Maryland. Such postings would be listed for a one month period and should include the following brief information:
1. What is available and what condition it is in
2. When it would be available
3. Who the local contact person is and their contact information
Items must be offered free of charge. To post an item, please send an email to
adrienne@mrpanet.org listed the above-stated information.
FIRST RESPONSE TO ACCESS
The Therapeutic Recreation Branch of MRPA is pleased to present the resource guide,
1st Response to Access. To download a copy of the Guide or for additional information, go to the MRPA website
TR page.
1st Response to Access provides a valuable resource to those who may benefit from the advice of a professional colleague to help them do their job a little better as it pertains to citizens with disabilities.
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